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The Hedley Gazette
Feb 10, 1916

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The Hedley Gazette

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The Hedley Gazette and Similkameen Advertiser

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Hedley, B.C. : Hedley Gazette Printing and Publishing Company

Date Issued

1916-02-10

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The Hedley Gazette and Similkameen Advertiser was published in Hedley, in the Similkameen region of southern British Columbia, and ran from January 1905 to August 1917. The Gazette was published by the Hedley Gazette Printing and Publishing Company, and its longest-serving editor was Ainsley Megraw (1905-1914). The Gazette served the communities of Keremos, Olalla, and Hedley. In 1916, the paper was purchased by James W. Grier, who shortened the title to the Hedley Gazette.

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AND SIMILKAMEEN ADVERTISER. Librarian Legislative Aaaembl/ mar 14 V������3 17 ICIb ^ ?^��������� c. / ^���������-'^ Volume XII. Number 4. HEDLEY, B.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1916. i-?**'- $-2:0-0, In Advance " Yorhey" Sends Another Very Interesting Letter [,V. THOMPS- N I'HONR SEYMOUJR 591*1 MOH. WKSTKRN CANADA - [Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Steel Manufacturers Sheffield, Eng. j;'rOfllces and Wiu-ohouse, 847-03 Beatty Sfcroot *'- Vancouver, B. C. ro A. F. & A. M. REGULAR monthly meetings of Hodloy Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A. M., aro held on the second Friday in latch month in Fraternity hall, Hedley. Visiting | irethrcii are cordially invited to attend. S. B. HAMILTON Secretary |i. H..SPRQULE, w. m L. O. L. The Regular nicetirigH of Hedley Lodge 1744 are held on the first and third Monday in every month in the Orange Hall =&������jSis)[������������9 Ladies meet 2nd and 4 Mondays |',Visitnig brethern are cordially invited XV. LON'SDALK, VV. II. ,y H. K. HANSON, Sec't. R. F������. BROWN British Columbia Land Surveyor Tel. Xo. 27 PENTICTON, P. O. Dhawkk 160 B. C. P. W. GREGORY C1VII, ENGINKKR AND BRITISH COLUMBIA LAND SURVKYOR Star Building - Princeton -\JWeilite*- r-<31 evs/ to n Barrister, Solicitor, Ktc. MONKY TO LOAN PENTICTON, B. C. Hedley Opera House ������ fl, I. JONES, Manager A large, commodious hall for |j dances or other entertainment. I GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL HEDLEY B.C. Bar and Table the Best. Rates Moderate First Class Accommodation JOHN JACKSON, Proprietor ���������fc*atfc,M*fcfcfcfc^fcfc*fc������i*fc'-*Mfcfcfc������fc������*y Grand Union \ Hotel .is * % X MEDLEY, British Columbia x * x X ��������� ,v X X X X X X X X ������x X X X 5 A. WINKLER, Proprietor % i 'i W*WWW*������i������'*W*������������������*������'Wt'H*������������WW5 i X X Rates���������$1.50 a Day and Up First-Class Accommodation. Bar Stocked with Best Brands of Liquor and Cigars ii ARKET BIB All kinds of fresh and cured meats always on hand. Fresh Fish on sale every Thursday. R. J. EDMOND, Prop. Buamsiiott Camp, Liphook, Hunts, Brig., Jan. 9, 1916. Mr. G. P. Jones, Sir: .Tnst a few lines co give you 11 little note on our trip from Vernon to Brainshott. It might he interesting to yon .ill; but it could have been more in teres ting to us if they had- treated us better. But that's alright. Wo are here. Retreating from Mission hill on Nov. 15; digging ourselves in at the skating rink till next morning; shouldeiing our packs and starting for the train. The train wtis packed till we got to Sicamous, where we boarded tho troop train, rand then there was lots of loom. Starting out for the Rockies, we arrived at Golden at 0:30 a.m., where we waited for another engine to push us up the grade. The C. P. R. was ours till wo reached Calgary, where we wero met by many citizens of the town and the Pipe band. We were given plenty to eat and then good cigars. Our next stop was Moose Jaw, where wo had quite a send off. Then on lo Winnipeg, arriving there early in the morning. The next stop was Fort William. There we were met and treated the best. Passing out of Ontario into Quebec we stopped at a. town called River Delupeu.. At the station there were a lot of young French-Canadians. We asked them to join the army, but they gave us the laugh; Al that a lot of us jumped from the train and started snowballing them. They held their own until we got reinforced, then you should see those shirkers get; we ran them through the streets and all over the town; the first victory for the51th. On again. The nextstop was Ottawa, where we we're reviewed by the Duke of Connaughfc and* Sit* Sam Hughes, and many others I didn't know. We stayed there about two hours, and then we started on our weary way. The next stop was Campbelltown, N. B.. and we got a good send-off there. Then we started off again for Halifax, where the big transport was waiting for us. We were not very long in Halifax before we pulled out to sea. We were met by the oSth Battalion of Toronto and half a battel y, making the number of troops 3.4U0���������a nice lot of men for Mr. German, if he was luoky enough to get us, but no fear, we were well protected all the way over. Wo were followed out of Halifax by two big battleships; they were with us for about three days, then we were met by six destroyers. We were in the danger '/one then. Two kept at our how and two at our stern, and two kept out about one mile. It was a grand sight to see them work; they can turn around as quick as you can turn a row boat. Mi*. Sub won't take any chances when they are around. At night they would leave the ship, but wore always in touch with us. You could see them giving signals with flashlights, then at break of day they would bo back again te the ship. When we got into the danger 7.0110 we had life belt drill and fire drill. We would all go below and then the signal of danger would be given, and in twenty minutes every man would be on deck and all boats filled. Every man had to put his life belt on. The last two days there were lots of the older men who would not takeoff their belts; they slept with them on and walked with them on the deck. The last two days theie were 300 pickets put on night and clay to see there was no panic in case we had trouble. But everything went all right, till 2000 of the troops raided all the canteens on the ship and took everything that was in them. No officer could be seen, and the pickets would not stop them. If they could have got the steward they would have put him overboard. . We fed ourselves all the way over. It was a dtscrrace the way the troops were treated on the way over; it was all graft, and the .-hip Saxonia has been taken off the transport line for not feeding the troop*. Every regiment that came over on her put in complaints, so now she has lost her job. Tho troops are fed on contract; so they say. Wo came in sight of land early in the morning of tiie last day. They hugged the shore very close, going around th." coast of Cornwall, or Lands End, till we got into the channel. On our way up to Plymouth the destroyers were still with us until we got right up into the harbor, then four of them left us, then we kn.-*w we were alright, and going into the biggest naval harbor of the world, one of the greatest sights to be. seen. The harbor, a mass of solid rock with countless I'm t; and batteries and barracks, all built in solid rock. We make no wonder 'they call it Plymouth rook. While going up the harbor our band started to play, the whistles started to blow, then you could see signs of war. Passing by all the ships going up they saluted us, till we came close to some big battlers, the Lion and the Powerful. They let oil some of their r-viall guns. The best of all was passing two of the largest training ships in England, where they are training the coming sea fighters of Britain. It was a lovely sight to see. They lined the ringing and the decks, all dressed in white, and gave us three hearty cheers, and right alongside of them we anchored till next "morning. Then we were taken ashore on lighters, where we all lined up and boarded the ttain for Liphook. The weather was fineiip to this. Passing through a nice country the farmers were all working in the fields and every thing was green. Stopping: at Exeter Ihe city gave up a feed, coffee and buns. Staying there about an hour we started off again, making stops along the way till we got to*Liphook. It was very dark when we not there. All the town is dark. There we lined up and the roll was called, shouldering our pack in full marching order and on our way to camp, which is about four miles. The road wtis all in darkness and could not see, as the transport wagons weie still on tin? road and that made it bad. It took us two hours to get to camp; then we had -a big feed. We did not see much of the camp that night because all was in darkness: not a naked light can be seon in this camp at night. All windows aie darkened after 8 o'clock. The next morning I strolled round and found we were in a big camp; it is one mile square and built up solid with huts, but if you step over the lines you get into three inches of mud. It rained all the time up to writing this letter. AVejust had two fine days. There is not much chance to get.out and train, we do most of outwork in the huts; they are about 70x20, so there is little room to move around. We have with us military men from Alders-hot t to drill and train us, so there will be something-doing right away. We.are going into shooting and bayonet and trench work; that will he our work till we get to the front. We will be leaving here about March .1, this date being put on orders Continued on Page Four. SS Destroyed fey Fire Friday afternoon this community was thrown into consteination when the news was received that the pai liniment buildings ab Ottawa had been destroyed by fire and explosion. The first news was meager, simply stating that explosions had'occurrt-d followed by fire, tha t several lives were lost and that Martin Bun ell had his face burned. Letter From J. Gorripn Feeling Wei tot "Me We were compelled to await the papers which arrived Saturday for conlii mation and further details. These outlined the matter in a way far from leassuring and set at work certain surmises as to the cause of the explosion and as to whether our alien enemies were in any way to bkune. Further reports, although giving more details as to the loss nnd its extent fail to throw any light on this latter question. We learn that a commission of enquiry will sit at once on the problem and we await with in terest their finding in the matter. MJNING NOTES | There is talk of two smelters for Merritt���������but only talk. Radium is worth $19,253,000a pound. So far it has not been discovered in this section. Silver to the amount of 3,000,000 ounces was consumed by one Kodak company last year. There will be more prospects developed this year in the Similkameen than ever in its history. Prices of metals continue to rise. Copper at 25.37, zinc at 19.25, aud lead at 15.10 are figures to make miners feel pretty well, thank you. Granby Consolidated purposes to reduce the par value of its shares from $100 to $25 and an increase in dividends is also expected. This has' had the effect of causing the market value of the stock to jump. The Joe Dandy group, owned by W. J. Armstrong, Art Thompson and Hugh McCormack, has been bonded to Spokane mining men for $50,000. The The property is situated on Similkameen river, north of Susap creek, eight miles north of Boundary line. The bond was taken after two thorough examinations last summer. Operations will commence as soon as spring opens, and not later than May 1. This deal means much to prospectors in that distiict, and it is understood several other properties will change ownership this summer. In* Reserve, Fiianck, Dec 31. Dear Sister Ellen: I received the parcel yesterday and ceitainly thank you very much. I wish you would thank all the people in H<*d/Vy and afc the Nickel Plate mine for the parcel, for it keeps the spirit up you know. The cake and plum pudding was fine and its quite a change from bully beef and hatd tack. I'g'ot out of the hospital O. K., but' am a little weak yet. Was' out on a working party last night and made it "yake." h We are. in reserve billots again for six days, and are intending holding a Miioker tonight (New Year's eve) in a, farm house back of the lines. We will have a good time I am thinking, and will help to drive away war eon- . ilitions for a few hours anyway; but still that rumble of ihe big guns can he heard all the time. It's a case of "cannon to right (if us, cannon to left of us volleyed and thundered." Wrote a letter to you, I think, fiom the hospital. Hail a-good time there and received lots of treatment; each patient received a large Christmas stocking from the Red Cross in Toronto. I tell you uy fellows may he doing our bit out here, nut the Indies all over Canada come in for a lot of praise. You cannot imagine the loads and loads of parcels that come in to us. Not- long back we were just swamped with tobacco from all parts of Canada. The people of Vancouver and New 'Westminster are keeping us supplied with tobacco. I got quite thin while in the hospital, but hope to gain some ��������� weight before the spring. The weather is e-till uuse.ttled, but it is not cold, and we have had no snow yet; quite a hit of rain, and .of course lots of mud. ' I hear Roy and To mi trie are in, Eng- land. I wonder how they like it and how they enjoyed the trip across the Atlantic. I wrote, a letter to Roy in England some time ago, but received no answer. Guess I had the wrong address; but still the army postofh'ce knows where each battalion is stationed. Well, there is not much more for me to say. so I will close; with my best regards to yourself and Walter. Thanking you again for your trouble in making up the parcel. Wish I could send you a souvenir���������German bullet or nose of a high explosive��������� but we are not allowed to send them out. I leniain, your loving brother, J. CORRIGAN. NOTICE Owing to an unexpected change in my business arrangements I will discontinue selling meat in Hedley for the present. Thanking you for past patronage. It. J. Armstrong. 48th Battalion Now Third Canadian Pioneer Battalion For Sale One small upright cottage piano, English make (Chappel & Co., London) also one Angelus Player attachment with 24 rolls of music with stool and bench for same. The whole lot for $175 Cash. A. B. McCijsan, Keremeos, B. C. The following was received this week from Sergeant R. S. Nelson, with the request that papers where men for the 4Sth Battalion were recruited, publish the notice: The original 4Sth Battalion, C. E, F., of Victoria, B. C, Canada, has been made a pioneer a pioneer battalion, and I would advise all who are writing to their relatives or friends in the original battalion to address their mail as follows: Name No. of Company. Regimental No Third Canadian Pioneer Battalion, London, England. Read the ads. THE HEDLISY GAZETTE. FEB. 10. 1916 mmy % i !its.J and Similkameen Advertiser. first opinion ol" n community mm'<- <'":fciv'ily i" mining. Ferine | from, the character of its news- j w,",ts iL ll,'av-v t(,x ������" c������",e "j1 :,Ve'- , ., . : non , w.inls better limes. Kamloops Ipnper, and tiie newspaper is. ,>.,-, .'. . : * ' ' wants rreniier Bowser to reside m Subscriptions in Advance Per V������!i>.r S-MHi ������������������ (United .Stales) -'."lO Advertising Rates Measurement, 1- linus to thu incli. Transient Advertisements���������not exceeding one incli. 61.00 for ono insertion. 2������ coins fur uiieh subsequent insortitm. Over one inch. 1(1 (.'(juts pur line for first, insertion and a cents per linu for ouch subsequent, insert inn. Transients piiyablo in advance. Contruct Advertisements���������Onu inch pur month Sl.'J/i; ovur 1 inch and up to I inches. $1.00 pur inch purinonth. To constant advertisers taking liti-ffci* spucu than four inches, on application, rates will bo given of reduced charges, bused on size of space and lunula of time. Certificate of Improvements 510.00 (Where more than one claim appears 'in notice, 32.50 for each additional claim.) A. 13. S. STANLEY. Editor OUR ENEMY ALIENS When tin's terrible war is at an end and the world again sets itself to the adjustment of the numerous economic questions which in the meantime have been forced into the background, one of the problems which will receive attention will be that of alien labor. As far as Canada, is concerned our past treatment of this problem has boon a succession of blunders. It may be a sweeping statement to make, viz., that politics have been to blame: bub the statement will bear repeating nevertheless. Just what effect these blunders would have upon the future of the country was possibly not apparent at the time, but under the searchlight ol: the present emergency there is revealed so much that one feels justified in predicting a future attitude so marked in its opposition to past usage and present methods as to be thoroughly reformative. Recent experiences have shown the extent to which Canada and her institutions are at the mercy of the alien; in some cases that alien may even have declared intentions of becoming a citizen; the fact remains that his inherent love of the fatherland is too much for him' when the fatherland is at war. His more recent protestations of allegiance are but "scraps of, paper" destined to the same treatment as such impedimenta receives at the hands of his lords in the fatherland. j often more important to u city ! lm(t (.iLy ()f wUi(l tU^ ;m(1 ,.,,���������,���������,.,, or town than the inhabitants , sl,.,.,.ls; ,.iml Vancouver wants anv old I *��������� realize."'���������Summerland Review, thing it can g.-t. Who wants the earth? Don't all speak at once. Alex A. Anderson is now publishing the Republic (Wash.JJournal. About thirty years ago he was foreman of the A'ancnuvcr Daily New*-Advertiser, while Jim Wright, at present in the wood business at Princeton, was one of the compositors. Since going to Washington Mr. Anderson has prospered. At one time he was representative from Stevens county at Olynipia, and was considered one of the ablest mcmbeis in the house. There is on exhibition-;-1 the drug store a painting designed to represent the. tramway of the Daly Reduction Co. The picture will lie rallied as soon as enough tickets have been sold. Lovers of the art will welcome this picture as the shelter of a rock in a ivearv land. iii the course of a recent interview in Paris the French economist M. Paul Leroy'Beati- lieu expressed the opinion that the War will not plunge the beligerent nations into bankruptcy, or anything like it. Undoubtedly the pauperizing effect of the Great Calamity has been exaggerated by failure to realize how much of the abnormal expenditure is distributed among the people of the respective countries at war: moreover, the richness of these countries and their power of recuperation are. vastly greater than is generally assumed, on the basis of precedent wars in periods of early industrial development. M. Beaulien predicts remarkable manufacturing activity at the close of the War, about a year hence, and commercial rivalry among the nations, leading to protective tariffs, even in England and yet higher tariffs in the United States.���������Mining and Scientific Press. Bank By Mail And Save A Trip To Town FOR the benefit of those who live out of town, we have arranged a plan by which you can do your banking by mail, quite as satisfactorily as if you stood here at our counters. Come in and let us explain the plan���������or write for the information. 78 Years In Business. Hedley Branch Capital and Surplus $7,884,000. C. P. DALTON, Manager "Instruction by correspondence is the cheapest and best way for the poor man."���������77jos. A. Edison PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Services every alternate Sunday at 7. .30 p. m, Pastor, R. G. STEWART 66 They're Ri^ht 99 WOOD for SALE TEAMING The KALEIDOSCOPE A canning factory is to be Grand Forks this summer. built at Editorial Quotations The many friends of Hon. Martin Burrell throughout the Dominion as well as in Grand Forks will regret exceedingly the news of his injuries in the big Ottawa fire. Mr. Burrell has not been enjoying the best of health of late, and his close call will undoubtedly carry with it severe physical shock as well as the personal injuries. His early recovery will be sincerely hoped for.���������G. P. Gazette Latest from B.C. points ��������� Empty coal I litis and frozen water pipes. King.George, rules 11,475,051 square miles of the .earth's territory, and some 3711.000,000 of its inhabitants. A.dramatic club has been formed at Princeton. Kit Summers will do the funny stunts, while Fred Smythe will be the cragedian. "A girls' club to live 100 years" has been organized on the coast. The idea of a woman owning up to being 100 years of age. Forget it! ' Some more recruits. Mrs. A. .T. Pallott, wife of a Vancouver druggist, presented her husband with triplets, (all boys) last Monday. The father is feeling first-rate. All kinds of team work done. Wood, for sale. Prices reason able. Terms cash. Apply GEO. H. SHELDER. Leave orders at Gazette office. Ttie Nickel Plate iarber Shop SATISFACTORY, SANITARY . TONSORIAL SERVICE This shop it equipped with Baths and all the latest . Electrical Appliances. W. T. BUTLER, - Prop. NOTICE You admit the International Correspondence Schools are a good thing. You'd take a course right now "if"���������"except"��������� "If' what? If you weren't so "overworked," with such '"long hours," or -had more strength and energy? Didn't John Mitchell get his'training after working 12 hours a day as a mine boy? Wasn't it. Edison who stayed up half the night to read every get-at-able book on electricity? Didn't he educate himself in spite of every handicap you could'ever have? Spend as much time in I. C. S. study as you do in reading the newspapers and you'll get that promotion before you know it. All big men who have made their mark in the world had the ambition���������the determination���������to improve their spare time, to train themselves for big work. You, too, can possess power, money and happiness if you'll only make the effort. The reward is great���������it's worth it. Here's all we ask: Merely mail this coupon. Put it up to us without paying or promising. Let us send you the details of others' success through the I. C. S., and then decide. Mark the Coupon and Mail it Now MINERAL ACT Certificate ol Improvements T. H. Kay. who has taken over the Cranbrook Herald, and promises to make a live newspaper out of it, in his salute to the people of Cranbrook says: "We hope to enlarge and improve the Herald and make it more truly representative of the city and district. Capitalists and others living at a distance frequently form their Mrs. P. Pellegrini died in New York last Sunday a,t the uge of 125 years. She drank wine, beer and whiskey and was an inveterate smoker all her life, and no doubt these drugs hastened her death. The editor of the Merritt Herald is making as much noise about cold coaches on the Iv. V. railway as if he had ever ridden in a coach. A few years ago a cattle car looked like a Pullman to the editor. According to a Merritt exchange. Miss , of Middlesboro, at an egg laying contest last week, was declared the winner by one egg. The Nicola Valley girls are certainly accomplished but think of them putting one over on the barnyard fowl. At a public meeting the other night in South Vancouver a resolution wtis passed condemning the Canadian patriotic fund and suggesting that the government subscribe all the money necessary for the purposes for which the patriotic fund is collecting. After reading the resolution about the only conclusion you come to is that South Vancover has been captured by the kaiser and his band of cut throats. Penticton wants a better market for fruit. Keremeos wants a cannery. Greenwood wants Police Magistrate Hallett canned. Princeton wants Spotted Lake and Spotted Lake No. 3 Mineral Claims, situate in the Osoyoos Mining Division of Yale District. Where located:���������North end Krugor Mountain. Take Notice that 1. R. I'. Uro'tvn. as agent for Silvester Raybiirn, Free Minors Certificate No. 75093-B. intend, sixty days from date hereof, to apply to the Mining1 Recorder for a. Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under suction ,"i7, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvement, Dated this 13th day of December, A. D., 1015. Complete Mining Engine eering Fire Boss Melal Mining Metal Prospector Complete Metallurgy Hydro-metallurgy Milling Complete Coal Mining Complete Civil Engineer's Surveying and Mapping Bridge Engineering Structural Engineering Concrete Construction Architecture Automobile Running Chemistry Commercial Drawing Electrical Mechanical Steam Marine and Refrigeration Engineering French, Spanish and Italian taught by Phonograph INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS, Scran ton, Pa. Please inform me how I can gain a, money-earning knowledge of the subject marked X, or named below, and send me catalogue containing description of course and letters from successful students. Name Age. Synopsis of Coal Mining' Regulations COAL mining rights of the Dominion, ii Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the North-west Territories and in a portion of the Province of British Columbia, may bo leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than 2.5IJ0 acres wi be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district in which tho rights applied for are situated. . In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall bo staked out y the applicant himself. Ktich application must be accompanied by feo of ������5 which will bo refunded if the rights appliod for are not available, but not other wise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchant able output of the mine at tho rate of live cents per ton. The person operating tho mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of merchantable mined and pay tho royalty thereon. 1 coal min ing rights are not being operated sti returns should be furnished tit least once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only, but the lesseo may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may bo considered necessary for tbo working of tho mine at tho rate of ������10.00 an acre For full information application should bo made to tho Secretary of the Department of tho Interior. Ottawa, or o any Agent or Sub- Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY. Deputy Minister of the Interior. :-.., Address .Occupation .Employed by. Course Wanted (if not given above) Remarks '. RALPH KENDALL, Agent Box 598, KELOWNA, B. C. N.U.-Unaiithorixed publlcati tisement will not bo paid for. this advo !)6m Hedley's Tonsorial Parlors For a Good Haircut and Shave BATHS IN CONNECTION R. HILLIARD = Prop. Travel by Autocall up Phone No. 12 If A good stock of Horses and Rigs on Hand. II Orders for Teaming promptly attended to. WOOD FOR SALEI PflLflGE Uvery, Feed & Sale Stables Phone 12. HKDIiEY B. O. D. J. INNIS Ptopridtor PAINTING PAPER-HANGING KALS0MINING TERMS MODERATE DALY AVE. - mMnwiinimHPa-a��������� HEDLEY, B.C. Hedley Gazette $2 per annum Bow KerLaundrj Only First Class Work Laundry Delivered Anywhere V ���������IHE HEDIEY GAZETTE, FEB.'10, 1916' IBig New Stock! X X x __OF��������� x I Boots and Shoes jf ������ Specially Reduced ��������������� x x X X X X' X X (if James Stewart I I1 X ��������� X i| Groceries, Fruits and s>: | Vegetables 'Jf 1}X x I *Bg'K'HIW*tlgamW*WKIlKSCK������Ui������e*e*gl������iat :r L Year's is Here -Hedley Drud & Book Store J .. Theie will be service in fit. John's Church next Sunday at 7:80 p.m. A pleasant vocation these times is to sweep the snow off the roof. Tt is not always followed from need of exercise, but sometimes is a precaution against the result of too much snow on a Hat roof. Read all the ads. TOWN MD DISTRICT j '* Next Monday is St. Valentine's diiy. I* To avoid grip���������Don't kiss, don't hug |ind don't, overwork. ������ W. .Conald, of Oroville, is registered lit the' Grand Union hotel. Mrs. W. Forbes left ' Tuesday for a I'isiC with her sister Mrs. D. Innis, of jCeremeos. Word has* been received that Mrs. Percy Wright has unde.igotiu an oper- atioivfor appendicitis at Oroville and is recovering as rapidly as possible. .' Fred W. Brown, the Swift Canadian representative paid Hedley a visit last week-end. The Swift Go's, products seem to be in demand in this gold burg judging by the smile ["red wears as he says "aurevoii" | We Are Cutting Ice! { ��������� t ��������� Getting ready for the hot Summer days which ��������� p are bound'to come in spite of all Jack' Frost is a ��������� doing at the present time. y WE CUT ICE ! In the matter of QUALITY GROCERIES also, which we are selling at war time prices. Invitations are out for a dance to be held at the mine Friday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Morrison, who returned- Saturday from their honeymoon. James' G. Dale of Carmi, was in Hedley this week. He is one of the ���������old brigade of prospectors that settled ���������in the Kettle river district twenty i years ago, and owns ��������� considerable mining property on the west fork. Mrs! D. Wallace and daughter, of juoalmont, areregisteted at the Great Northern hotel. H. F. Brown, electrical engineer, of c ly.'incouver, is registered at the Great LVorthern Hotel. B. J. McKenzie, of Vancouver representing, Kelly, Douglas & Co. made his periodic visit to town Saturday. He reports business as decidedly on the upward trend in the province. Spring is surely springing; A robin I-vas seen on a banana tree back of the printing palace Tuesday. W. Jackson is down from the mine ff.'or the purpose of waging war on a persistent attack of la grippe. I Scott avenue certainly presents a lesolate appearance where once, stood i'-he handsome structure of the Siinil- FSatneetrliYicelr'"" "' ' "'"*-" ���������--������������������----���������������������������*- - pi Mr. Miller,,representing the National Drug and Chemical Co., came in on Thursday's train, interviewed our local druggist and left for Princeton and the coast ������n Saturday's train.- ���������. Mr. "W. Bryant desires to thank his 'numerous Hedley friends for the Many kind proffers of hospitality extended to him. "While he has imade no definite decision with regard to ��������� the future lino of activity he has one or two good1 propositions under consideration. CREELMAN & LYALL "STORE OF QUALITY" ���������&^-&^-&^-&&&+&&&^-&^&^-+^^^-&&^-&^*S><g>-1&.<)><&--(t>-4Cr-G. W. Wangh this week made a great improvement in his cabin on the corner of Sc.ott and -Irene when he .-.(itiared it with the .-idewalk and le .placed the supports where needed. He has some further improvements in view which will make, the building more commodious and modern. J. W. Helms of Nelson, travelling salesman for the Ellison Flouring Mills of Lethbridge, was in town Tuesday taking orders for the main constituent of the stall" of life. J. W. thinks that Ellison flour ought tn be needed (kneaded) in ever home in Hedley. While he is not set on sponging on anyone he nevertheless likes to take a rise out of the next man, and as ;i fioiir'salesmaii he takes the cake. Andy Winkler is confined to liis bed with a somewhat persistent attack of grippe. In the meantime at least six thousand eight hundred and forty-two theories with regard to the war and the strength of the belligerants will have to wait the return of our genial host to business activity again. and careful consider;*(.ion tliey came to the inevitable conclusion that the very sanest thing for thun to do under the circumstances would be to adjourn sine die. They did, taking the parcel with them to a nearby dugout, and peeuliarlyenough the contents became a matter of speculation. At the last writing they both claim to have inside information on the subject and wrote Dalton to again voice their thanks find appreciation to the people of Hedley and the Nickel Plate for the excellent contents of the aforesaid parcel. Life Is a runny Road, but We All Like to Travel It For the married men who cannot get along without drink, the following is suggested as a means of freedom from bondage to saloons: Start a saloon in your own home. Bo the only Man conies into this world without his consent and leaves it against his will. During his stay on earth his time is spent in one continuous round of contraries and misunderstandings by tho balance of our species. In his infancy he is an angel. In his boyhood he is a devil. In his manhood he is everything from a'lizard up. In his duties he is a damned fool. If he raises a family he is a chump. If ho raises a small check he is a thief, and then the law raises the devil with him. If he is a poor man, he is a poor manager and has no sense. If he is customer, you'll have no license to pay. Go to your wife and give her i i'"'" he is dishonest, but considered two dollars to buy a gallon of whisky, 'smart. If he is in politics, he is a ]Sfe\A/ { Right! \/^ To do your part throughout | the New Year to support the ��������� dependants of the brave men who are fighting" your battles at the front, taking your share | of the heat and stress of the day | I I Old timers and wise acres now inform us that we are only beginning the rigors of the whiter and that/if we get a thaw before the middle of-March' 'we. will'be doing exceptionally well. In the experience of soine old timers this is very nearly a record winter, but precedent suggests that the break-up will be much later. H. A.' Muirhead, of the firm of Muir- head & Branston, of Vancouver, dealers in Gents Furnishing, etc., arrived in town Tuesday and visited the mine yesterday. This not the first visit Mr. Muirhead has made to Hedley as he w.-ts here last*year in the late summer in the interest of his firm. He ex pies ses himself as surprised at the improvements in the mill since his last visit and predicts for Hedley a future of great activity and prosperity. and remember, there are sixty-nine drinks in a gallon. Buy your drinks from no one' but your wife, and by the time that the first gallon is gone she will have eight dollais to put into the bank and two dollars to start business again. Should you live ten years and continue to buy booze from lier, and then die with snakes in your boots, she will have enough money to bury you decetitly, educate yoiir children, buy a house and lot, and marry a decent man, and quit thinking about you entirely. Hand Fund. a dollar over to the Tobacco 1 grafter and a crook. It' he is out of polities, you can't place him as he is an undesirable citizen. If he goes to church he is a hj'pocrite. If he stays away fiom chinch he is a .sinner and. damned. If he donates to foreign missions, he does it for show. If he does not. he is stingy and a tight-wad. When he first comes into the world everybody wants to kiss him���������before he goes out they all want to kick him. If he dies young, there was a great future before him. If he-lives, to a ripe old age, he is simply in the way and living to save funeral expenses. Life is a funny road, ��������� but we all like to travel it just the same. Hedley Methodist Church FRAJNTK STANTON, B. A. Minister Services will be held the Second and Fourth Sundays of the month at 7.30 p. m. KMEME0S-PENT1CT0I ROYAI/MAIL STAGE Those who are drawing water from the creek are advised to take it from above the hospital. Below that point there are a number of cess pools and stables, which drain into it, and the water is liable to be tainted. At this stage of a long hard winter a person's constitution is more susceptible to the onslaughts of disease than alany other time and it does not take much of a temptation to some of the little germ- lets to start something in a fellow's anatomy. Better play safe. One case of diphtheria or of typhoid might lead to an epidemic, and we owe it to the community to take no chance. Season* tickets for sale as follows: Gentlemen, $4.00, Ladies, $2.00; Man and wife, $5.00; Extra adult in family, $1.00 each. Children, $1.00 (under 15 years). General admission, 25c and 10c. No skating Sundays after 0 p. m. Tickets may be purchased from H. G. Freeman. ledley Hockey and Auto Leaves'on. arrival of 9.30 % and 4 o clock trains. Baggage arranged for. TWEDDLE'S AUTO STAGE Cars Call at all Hotels .We Want Your Electrical Work. Get "More Money" ior your Lynx MDSKRAT, FOXES, WOLVES. BEAVER, FISHER, WHITE WEASEL 2nd o-.hcr Fur bearers collected in your section SHIP TOUR FURS DIRECT in "SHUBERTTMhe larflesl house in the World dealing exclusively in N0RTI1 AMERICAN RAW FURS a reliable���������responsible���������sate FurHouse with an unblemished reputation existing tor "more than a third of a century," a lonpr successful record of sending: Fur Shippers prompt, SATIS FACTORY AND PROFITABLE returns. Write for "V������t)t -Slmbtrt g>!>ippcr," the only reliable, accurate market report and price list published. Wrilo for i<���������NOW���������it's FREE A B SHUBERT Inr 25-27 westaustinave. **. JD. OnUDLRl, inc. DeptC107CHlCAGO.U.S.A. C. P. Dalton his received letteis from Ebenezer Vans, T. Knowles and Danny Dollemore, each thanking the people of Hedley and Nickel Plate for the splendid Christmas parcels sent to thein. He is also in receipt of a letter from C. Christiana iu which he stated that he had received a parcel addressed in his care for B. Liddicott. He had not heard from him for ninny months, but spent a day roaming around Belgium in search of him but to no effect. In the course of this very minute search he ran into an old chum of his, none other than Hill Innis, a Kerenieos boy. After due deliberation Fixtures and Supplies ������������������ the ������������������ Jam's Electric Co., Limited General Electrical Contractors 570 Richards Street,'Vancouver, IB. C. WRITE FOR ESTIMATES HEDLEY GAZETTE JOB DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED OF- Letterheads Billheads Envelopes Statements Meal Tickets Milk Tickets Ball Programs Posters Dodgers, Dates Circulars Invitations Business Cards Bills of Fare Memo Heads Butter Wrappers Visiting Cards TRY US ==> WE GIVE SATISFACTION MR! THE HEDLEY GAZETTE, FEB. 10.1916 "The Big; Store" General Merchants .February 13. Morning*, at 11 o'clock. Subject, "God's power supreme over physical law." Evening, at 7:30. Subject, "Seven reasons for accepting the Bible as tho word of God." A hearty invitation is extended to all. Preacher, E. G. Stewart. To Those in the Trenches KEREMEOS, B. C. KEREMEOS T. W.. Coleman was a business visitor to Princeton for a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Armstrong- returned homo from tho coast on Thursdav's train. Mrs. D. J. Innis returned home from the Oroville hospital last week much improved in health. In spite of the heavy fall of snow this winter the men have certainly kept the rinkiu splendid condition. H. Tweddle unloaded another car of coal on Monday, and everyone -was happy, as coal bins; were low and'���������'weather cold. Mrs. Marokel, after spending the past year here with her sister, Mrs. J. Mattice, left for her home in the east on Thursday's train. Miss Florence Daly returned home from Hedley last week after attending the Hospital ball and assisting in the concert given there by the Boy Scouts of Keremeos. It will interest our readers to know that the group of American mining* engineers resident in London joined in sending a box ot Havana cigars lo each of SIS British mining engineers in the trenches. This was done as a New Year greeting. With the gift the following note was transmitted: January. 1, 191(5. To the British Mining Engineers at the Front: Dear Fellow Engineers: Please accept this as a small token of our eai n- est sympathy and the admiration of the fine spirit with which you are meeting the supreme need of tile hour. The war may disarrange, but it cannot break the bonds of our common piofes.-ion; and our sincere hope is that whatever sacrifices the New Year may exact, you personally may come through safe, and that long before the year be ended, you may be alile to le turn to the regular duties from which you can so ill be spared. A:\nsiiiOAN Mining Enginkkhs Resident in London. Tn addition a verse was attached: ������������������ It's the same: sort of honest devotion Thai's always stood by you before; When you .-olved metallurgical problems, When you put down the deep-level bore, When you fought with disease in the Tropics, Won out in the strike tit the mines. It's the same sort of honest devotion , That blows up the enemies' lines." To the fiist the initials H. F. B. might have been signed, and to the latter thoso of E. Ti. The act and the manner of it render comment almost superfluous. Even those whose, sympathies lire enlisted on the.other side will appreciate the incident. For ourselves, although we do not like hyphens, it seems that when the hyphen takes the shape of a real cigar, the link between Anglo and American is one to which the most doctrinaire neutral cannot object "In " YorKey" SghAs Another Very Interesting Letter Continued from piitfe one yesterday, and we are sure this ' order is right. When we get to the front we will have one inonth at the base, and then we will have a chance to do our bit. The 51th Battalion is going as a unit and the drafts that went before us will join us there, but you will hear from us before we go. Well, just a little about camp. There are 19,(X)0 troops here now. all Canadians. Some times we think we are in Canada, when we hear all the bands playing, hut when you go out for a walk you know you are in Old England, when you see the spreading oaks and hedges and the nice lanes. This is a lovely country in summer and the winter here is mild--no frost or snow and lots of rain. This'is a great place to see the airmen coming over. Clear days and nights you can see them. A French airman came over, about a week ago and gave us a lot of fancy work, loop the loop, and all kind of funny stunts, then he came to the ground. He chopped right amongst Llie troops, and you should have seen us all run. He just wanted to show us how ho could control his machine. We talked to him a little while, and he told us he would eat lunch in France that afternoon; he had just left that morning; but most of the airmen are *"������������ 21.00 I5.50 22.50 IO.OO HEATERS Very Hot Blast, Brick Lined, Regular Price, $30.00, for Number 14 Belle Oak Heater , Regular Price $22.00 for Celebrated Columbia very- Heavy lining, Reg. 32:00 Standard Globe Heater Regular $14,000 for 3 lines Airtights at Big Reductions WASHING MACHINES 12.50 lines to go at $10.50 8,50 lines to go at $7.00 ALL BIG BARGAINS MORE NEXT WEEK A large crowd gathered at the rink on Saturday evening and enjoyed a couple of hours of splendid skating; after which the ladies served refreshments and hot coffee. B. J. McKenzie, representing Kelly-Douglas Co., was transacting business with local merchants Monday. After getting good orders he left for Penticton by stage. the far savannahs a talisman grows that makes all men brothers," and for that reason a fragrant smoke serves as the best expression of the mutual understanding and good fellowship that exists between the mining engineers who share the same language, the same technical literature, and some of those great imponderables on which our notions of life and happiness depend.���������Mining and Scientific Press. The hand made crochet spi ead that was raffled for patriotic purposes, was won by Mr. Coleman, forty-seven being the lucky number. The spread was donated by Mrs. Barcello. China New Year's passed oif very quietly until Monday, when Constable Bowen was called to to take charge of a Chinaman who tried to use a meat axe on another Chink. A trial will beheld later. Divine service will be conducted in the church on Sunday, "Where Are Your Interests 1* Are they in this community ? IfAre they among the people with whom * you associate ? t Are they with the neighbors and friends with whom you do busi- business ? If so, you want to know what is hap pening in this community. You want to know the goings and comings of the people with whom you associate, the little news items of your neighbors and friends���������now, don't you? That is what this paper gives you in every issue. It is printed for that purpose. It represents your interests and the -interests of this town. Is your name on our subscription lists? If not you owe it to yourself to see that it is put there. To do so Will be to Your Interest from London or Aldeishott, and it is line to see them, At first you can just .-eo them coming, hut when they get to camp they are very low, then up again they go, and oir. Ihe brigade quarters are very close to our camp and the otliceis are a fine body ol* men. They aie through the lines every clay giving ordeis. The offices s from Canada don't have much to say, but just have to go by ordeis. They seem to be lost, everything has changed, and they have to watch themselves. It is the.easiest thing in the world to lose -commission and stripes lieie. There have been sergeants and corporals made privates. Since we came our sargeant-major lost his crown. When we go out with our instructors the officers don't sav a word, hut just' look on. Today we were laying out trench work. We are going to make trenches just like they are at the front. We are going in for the real thing now. Loid Brooks will be here tomorrow to give us a few pointers. He is over all the oversea troops in England. Well, all the boys have been to London for a week, and they say it is quite a burg; and they are going .-(gain to see some more of it. Some of them spent half'of their time, at Waterloo station. They lived there and thought that was ihe biggest part of London. As for myself I went single handed, and believe me, I was lost all the time, hut always managed to work myself out some way. Went to the swimming-baths every morning, then-for a walk through Hyde Park. I know that trail very good: but if I went down 11 street I was lost. This is some village, believe me. London never will he seen again as it is today. They call it the soldier city. You should see the boys from the trenches, all mud, when they land in London. They bring all their kit and rifles with them. They are met and taken to the Union Jack Club,' cleaned and fixed up and then they do have a time; they have the city to themselves; no one troubles them, unless they get too bad, then they are taken to the club. The sailors are here too. They are a neat lot of lads, but they have their good time too. I enjoyed n^-self very much, and '[ believe all the boys did; at least they said they did. I went through Harrow college; saw Major Richardson's kennels, the breeder of all the great carrier dogs in France. Went: through all the tubes up the Thames: saw the longest flag pole in the world, from British Columbia, 233 feet; was through Westminster Abbey; also through the famous wax works; went through Waterloo station, the laigest in the world, covering 240acres of land ��������� some station���������and like some of the boys I have not seen half of it yet. Well, I could write for clays about London if I had lime. They don't seem to take this war as bad as we do in Canada, because it is'-getting old here. Plenty of work, and every body working, but everything is under martial law in England. Tt is one great sight to see London as it is today, All the boys who received parcels thank the people of Hedley very much. You will hear from us when we get to the front. "Are we down hearted, No!" "Keep the home fires burning." Hoping to be with you again in 1916. Good-bye, " YORKIE." SING LEE Laundry, Contracting of all kinds, Ditch digging, Wood Sawing, Clearing laiia, Cooking and all kinds of Chinese Labor. Keremeos, B.C. Serbian Soldier's Bravery The bravery of the Serbian soldier and the ma unci* in which he fights for his beloved country are. illustrated in the following story, for the I ruth of which a wellknown and ardent Serbo- pbile vouches. Before the superior forces, of bhe enemy on one occasion a Serbian regiment had to letire. Of the men serving the machine guns all but one were killed and wounded, but this man, instead of withdrawing with his comrades, continued to work his gun with such fiendish energy that at last the advancing army, not realizing that he stood alone, and fearing a trap, retired in their turn. And. so the situation was sayetl by the courage of one man. His exploit was duly reported to the general, who sent for him next day and said fiercely: '���������You're a terrible fellow. What's this I hear of you. They tell me it was a regular massacre. How many men did you kill?" The gunner, much perturbed, stammered out his belief that certainly well over a hundred men must have fallen victims to his machine gun, "Well," said the general, frowning, "there's nothing for it hut to make you a corporal." ."Oh, general," exclaimed the man, who ha:l expected some kind of punishment. "And now, Corporal , make you a sergeant." "Oh, general," gasped the man, speechless with astonishment. "And now, Sergeat ," the general went on, "I make you a lieutenant." The new officer burst into teais. "And now," ciied the general, "embrace mc!"���������Dundee Aclvei ti.-er. READ��������� Then Think! Now that you have common-. ced to read this article, just keep right on to the end, and then you will have absorbed meat of the cocoa-nut. What has this town ever done- for you<; It has fed you, and clothed you, and housed you, and given you employment and kept the wolf from your- door for these many years. It has done more. It has furnished you recreation, and enjoyment, and has guided you safely over many of the- stones that beset the pathway of life. It has praised your good deeds and has thrown the mantle of charity over your questionable ones. It has been, aud is, YOUR HOME. But what have YOU done for the TOWN? You are making you money here but where are you spending it? Are your buying goods from the local dealer, who pays, and otherwise contributes liberally to the upkeep of the community and your home, or are you sending your money away to some catalogue house that wouldn't lend you a five cent piece to save your soul from purgatory? And now you have reached the point where we want you to stop and think, and think hard, and to a sane, sensible and patriotic purpose. 'J? '���������U